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Herbs

Herbs are very easy to grow and are essential ingredients for all types of cooking, as well as injecting life into a salad. Grow them on your windowsill or create a herb garden just outside your kitchen door, so that you can easily pick a few leaves to add to your meals.

A flat-leaved parsley with a more intense flavour than some other varieties. This hardy biennial herb makes an excellent addition to the herb garden. Try growing parsley indoors on a bright kitchen windowsill, where Parsley 'Laura' is becoming increasingly popular for its versatility and diverse range of culinary uses. Height and spread: 45cm (18”).

Compact weather resistant plants with neat, upright growth produce a profusion of particularly small, dark green, finely cut leaves. Parsley ‘Titan’ is an outstanding flat-leaved parsley with an intense, almost sweet flavour that is stronger than curled-leaved cultivars. Harvested regularly, this robust RHS AGM variety produces a vast quantity of leaves that make an attractive garnish, and add depth of flavour to soups, sauces and many other culinary dishes. Height and spread: 35cm (14").

This hardy biennial is one of the most popular herbs for culinary use as a garnish, flavouring sauces and pastry, and associating particularly well with fish. With a stronger flavour than curled varieties, this 'Flat-leaved' or 'Italian' Parsley makes a useful, low maintenance addition to herb gardens, or grow parsley indoors on a bright kitchen windowsill. Height and spread: 45cm (18”).

Essential with roast lamb, the dark green aromatic foliage of rosemary has a multitude of culinary uses. This shrubby evergreen is ideal for a sunny herb garden and even survives in poor soils, requiring very little maintenance. Height and spread: 150cm (59in).

The soft blue-green leaves of sage are ideal for adding their rich flavour to meats and stuffing. This hardy sub-shrub is an essential herb for adding to the Sunday roast but also makes an attractive plant in the perennial border. The flavour of the leaves will be best when growing sage in warm, dry conditions. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 90cm (36").

A strong growing flat-leaved or Italian parsley, with good winter hardiness and dark green leaves that stand well, in good condition, without yellowing. Like all flat leaved varieties this hardy biennial has a stronger flavour than curled leaved varieties making it indispensible in for a wide range of culinary uses. Try growing parsley indoors on a bright kitchen windowsill, where Parsley 'Prezzemolo Gigante d'Italia' will produce fresh leaves virtually all year round. Height and spread: 30cm (12”).

An organic, curled-leaved parsley with a milder flavour than its flat leaved cousins. This hardy biennial herb makes an attractive garnish and remains one of the most popular herbs for culinary use associating particularly well with fish. Curled leaved parsley is a useful, low maintenance addition to herb gardens. Try growing parsley indoors on a bright kitchen windowsill, where Parsley 'Green Pearl' will produce fresh leaves virtually all year round.Height and spread: 45cm (18”).

This hardy biennial is one of the most popular herbs for culinary use as a garnish, flavouring sauces and pastry, and associating particularly well with fish. With a stronger flavour than curled varieties, this 'Flat-leaved' or 'Italian' Parsley makes a useful, low maintenance addition to herb gardens, or grow parsley indoors on a bright kitchen windowsill. Height and spread: 45cm (18”).

The soft blue-green leaves of sage are ideal for adding their rich flavour to meats and stuffing. This hardy sub-shrub is an essential herb for adding to the Sunday roast but also makes an attractive plant in the perennial border. The flavour of the leaves will be best when growing sage in warm, dry conditions. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 90cm (36").

Perennial herb lovage has a distinctive flavour that combines the savoury tastes of celery and anise. Use the young leaves in soups, stews and salads or cut the stems for crystallizing. Aromatic lovage seed can also be harvested for adding to savoury baked dishes. This tall hardy herb makes a useful addition to the back of borders and kitchen gardens. Height: 2m (79"). Spread: 1m (39").